Cigarette and cigar holder



Nov. 4, 1930. R. HIRSCH CIGARETTE AND CIGAR HOLDER Filed Dec- 29, 1928 INVENTOR PUDOLPH H/AscH 5 W" ATTOR EY Patented Nov. 4, 1930.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RUDOLPH HIRSCI-I, OF NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO REISS PREMIER PIPE CO., INC, UNIQN CITY, NEW JERSEY, A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY CIGARETTE AND CIGAR HOLDER Application filed December 29, 1928. Serial No. 329,200.

This invention relates to improvements in cigarette and cigar holders and has particular reference to a stem for the bit or mouth-piece thereof. I l r An object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of holder for cigarettes, cigars and the like, wherein a stem projecting from the bit of the holder is utilized to removably support a holder section,.to assist in retaining a cigarette or cigar therein while being smoked, and to extract the butt of said cigarette or cigar from the holder section upon completion of the smoke. V

Another object is to provide a stem for the bit having smoke passages so arranged therein that the smoke being drawn through the holder will have imparted thereto a whirling or centrifugal action around the stem, which is made of a material with which certain of the products of condensation in the smoke have an afiinity, thereby causing said products to adhere to the stem so that the smoke will be purified to some extent and thereby enhance the sanitary properties of the holder.

26 A further object is to so construct the stem that the same will provide a multiple-point support for the holder section which is removably mounted thereon.

A still further object is to provide an improved holder of simple and practical construction the parts of which may be easily and quickly detached from each other so that cleaning thereof is facilitated.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea. In the drawing Fig. 1 is a partial longitudinal section through a cigarette holder constructed in accordance with the invention, showing the parts in position when a cigarette is being smoked.

Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section, of i the stem of the holder.

Fig. 3 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig.2, and r r Fig. 4 is an elevation of the holder section detached from the remainder of the holder and illustrating the manner in which the stem is utilized in extracting the butt of .a cigarette from said section.

The essential features of the invention are illustrated in their adaptation to a cigarette holder but it will of course be understood that said features may be incorporated in a cigar holder, or the like, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

The holder is shown in its preferred form as comprising a bit or mouth-piece 5 which may be made of any suitable material and provided therein with the usual bore 6 for the passage of smoke into the mouth. The bore 6 at its inner end is enlarged and screw threaded, as indicated at 7, to receive the reduced screw threaded end 8 of the stem 9 which, through the medium of said end, is detachable from the bit 5.

The stem 9, which comprises some of the essential features of the present invention, is preferably made of aluminum as this material has the quality of causing some products of condensation of tobacco smoke to adhere thereto. For this reason it will be apparent that the smoke passing through the holder will to some degree he purified and it will be obvious that when the products of condensation adhere to the outer surface of the stem the latter may be very readily cleaned with the result that the holder may be kept in a sanitary condition.

At spaced points between the two ends of the stem the same is provided with supporting sections 10 and 11 and the portion 12 of the stem between said supporting sect-ions is tapered and reduced in size for a purpose which will presently appear. The supporting section 10, which is adjacent the screw threaded end 8, is of cylindrical formation and thereby presents a circular bearing surface upon which the inner end of the cigarette holder sect-ion 13 is removably mounted, the bore 14 of the section 13 being of such diameter as to snugly receive the section 10. The supporting section 11 is in the form of a substantially spherical enlargement of the same diameter as that of section 10, so that at the point of its largest diameter the same will have a circumferential contact with the bore 1 1 of the section 13. Thus by providing two spaced bearing surfaces on the stem for the section 13, it will be obvious that a firm and secure mounting is provided for the latter section which, at the same time, will admit of said section being easily and quickly detached from the stem. I

The outer end of the bore 14: is enlarged as indicated at 15 to'receive the end of the cigarette 16 and the stem 9 isof such length that the outer end will project sufliciently into the bore 15 to enable it to be engaged by the inner end of the cigarette. The outer end 17 of the stem is tapered and pointed so that its extremity will penetrate the inner end of the cigarette 16 when the latter is inserted into the section 13 and in this manner the cigarette is more firmly retained in position in the holder. The pointed end 17 of the stem has the additional purpose of being utilized as an implement to extract the butt of the cigarette from the holder section 13 after the latter has been detached from the stem. Thus, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the section 13 is shown removed from the stem and with the bit 5 as a handle the user may project the pointed end 17 into the butt of the cigarette and thus extract it from the hole er section.

To provide for the circulation of smoke from the cigarette and through the holder the spherical supporting portion 11 has formed therein the diagonal and intersecting smoke passages 18 arranged in the same longitudinal plane and the outer ends of which are disposed outwardly of the center of the said portion 11 so that the smoke will be free to enter the chamber formed in the bore 14 by the reduced portion 12 between the hearing or supporting sections 10 and 11. The inner end of the stem 9 is provided with a longitudinal. smoke passage 19 which extends from the inner extremity of the stem through the portions 8 and 10 and at a point in the reduced portion 12 adjacent said section 10 the passage communicates with the chamber formed in the bore 1 1 through an opening 20 the position of which is staggered relative to the passages 18 or, in other words, the plane of the opening 20 is disposed at substantially right angles to that of the passage 18. By reason of this construction it will be obvious that smoke being drawn through the passage 18 and into the passage 19 will have imparted thereto, due to the relative positions of the smoke passages, a whirling or centrifugal action about the reduced portion 12 of the stem. This will, in effect, produce a retardation of the movement of the smoke along the stem, with a consequent cooling of the smoke, and will also result in a maximum deposit of the impurities and products of condensation on the surface of said portion 12 due to the peculiar attinity of aluminum for said products.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the invention provides a holder the parts of which may be easily and quickly assembled and taken apart thus enabling the same to be thoroughly cleansed, and furthermore that the holder is so constructed that a cigarette will be effectively held in position therein and its butt readily removed from the holder section when the smoke has been completed.

WVhat is claimed is:

1. In a cigarette and cigar holder, a bit, a holder section, a stem on said bit slidably and removably mounted in said holder section, said stem having spaced supporting portions with which said holder section contacts, said portions having smoke apertures therethrough, and means on said stem adapted to penetrate the end of a cigar or cigarette in said holder section, said means being adapted upon removal from said holder to extract a cigar or cigarette from said holder.

' V 2. In a cigarette and cigar holder, a bit, a

holder section, a stem on said bit slidably and removably mounted in said holder to support the holder section, said stem having a spherical portion with which said holder section contacts, said portion having intersecting smoke apertures therethrough, and means on said stem adapted to penetrate the end of a cigar or cigarette in said holder section, said means being adapted upon removal from said holder to extract a cigar or cigarette from saidholder.

3. In a cigarette and cigar holder, a bit, a holder section, a stem on said bit slidably and removably mounted in said holder section to support the holder section, said stem having a cylindrical portion and a spherical portion with which said holder section contacts, said portions being spaced to form a chamber therebetween and having smoke passages therethrough, and means on said stem adapted to penetrate the end of a cigar or cigarette in said holder section, said means being adapted upon removal from said holder to extract a cigar or cigarette from said holder.

1. In a cigarette and cigar holder, a bit, a holder section, a stem on said bit slidably and removably mounted in said holder section to support the holder section, said stem having a cylindrical portion and a spherical portion with which said holder section consignature.

RUDOLPH HIRSCH. 

